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Harbor co-founders Charlie Hill and Kevin Lavelle with their baby monitor. [Photo: Harbor]
With $7M in Seed Funding, Dallas-Based Harbor Begins Shipping Its Smart Baby Monitors Nationwide
by Lance Murray | Sep 19, 2024
Co-founded by Mizzen+Main Founder and CEO Kevin Lavelle, along with co-founder and CPO Charlie Hill, infant care tech startup Harbor offers a "revolutionary" baby monitor and Remote Night Nanny service. The seed round was led by Trust Ventures, with backing by Morrison Seger, Capital Factory, and Tim Ferriss—as well as by former NFL QB Tim Tebow and current New York Jets punter Thomas Morstead, among others.
by David Seeley |
Sep 18, 2024
MeSpace—a new Dallas-based company that manufactures "neuroinclusive" workstations that allow users to create their ideal work environment through sensory customization—was launched recently by Founder and CEO Travis Hollman. Sargent, who's a neuroinclusive consultant, lauded MeSpace for designing "an innovative workstation that enables individuals to tailor their environment to fit their unique needs."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2024
Baltimore-based Secretome has a presence at BioLabs at Pegasus Park in Dallas. The biotech company is at the forefront of developing "revolutionary solutions" aimed at harnessing the power of secretomes, naturally occurring molecules that promote healing and regeneration, HEST said.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 17, 2024
MeSpace allows users to create their ideal work environment through sensory customization—including "ghost mode" windows for visual privacy, tailored lighting color and brightness, "biophilic" textured surfaces, an adjustable height desk, and more.
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Kyle Borgman, left, Global CEO of The Yadot Group; and Socials Dallas Founder Alexandre Peres [Photos: The Yadot Group/LinkedIn]
The Yadot Group to Acquire Experiential Agency Socials Dallas
by David Seeley and Lance Murray | Sep 16, 2024
The Yadot Group said the deal brings a niche group of "elite micro-influencer members" to improve digital traction within local markets for restaurants. Being part of Socials Dallas' membership of 0.2% of the city's population "offers an attractive level of prestige and distinction," the company added.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 13, 2024
Adam Rosen will lead WES Brands' growing portfolio of "high-potential" beverage alcohol brands, including star-powered spirits, such as Jamie Foxx's whiskey and Mark Wahlberg's tequila.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 13, 2024
The companies—including North Texas' Nerveli and Gale Payments—were chosen from thousands of startups worldwide, representing "the best and brightest" in physical health innovation. Check out all the new participants.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 12, 2024
DECA Dental Group's joint venture program aims to bridge the gap between solo practices and corporate dentistry for dentists nationwide—while growing DECA's Ideal Dental network across the country.
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The Women X Tech panel, from left, included Capital One's Indu Jain, MNK Infotech's Neha Kunte (moderator), Goldman Sachs' Pratibha Aphale , and Accenture's Gloria Anduaga. [Courtesy photos]
‘This Just Makes Us Better’: Fortune 500 Female Tech Executives on AI, Career Growth, and Tackling Imposter Syndrome
by Quincy Preston and Jewels Clark | Sep 11, 2024
Leaders from Accenture, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs explored tech’s shifting landscape and how to thrive through continuous learning in a talk with Neha Kunte, CEO of MNK Infotech, at Dallas Startup Week. Here’s what they had to say.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 10, 2024
With the expansion, RecNation is now a coast-to-coast operator with operations across eight states from Florida to California. But the Golden State may be the biggest prize: California has more than $500 million in RV sales annually and has over 50 state and national parks nearby, RecNation notes.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 10, 2024
"Our mission is to help those who help others," says Pieces Technologies CEO Dr. Ruben Amarasingham. With $25M in growth funding, Dallas-based Pieces is gearing up to transform hospital care with AI that streamlines clinical workflows and eases the load on care teams.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Sep 10, 2024
Passive voice authentication "isn’t just for verifying customers," Illuma Founder and CEO Milind Borkar tells Dallas Innovates. Illuma's solutions address threats like fraud, voice cloning, and deep fakes, and he expects companies to use the tech "to combat the risk of help desk fraud that's exposed some major corporations to penetration of their IT systems."
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TradeOff Financial CEO Mike Rufail [Photo: TradeOff]
Turning Gamers Into Investors: Dallas-Based Fantasy Stock Trading Platform TradeOff Appoints Esports Pioneer as CEO
by Lance Murray | Sep 6, 2024
Most recently, Mike Rufail was chief gaming officer and co-owner of Dallas-based OpTic Gaming and CEO of Dallas-based Envy Gaming, which he founded in 2007. He joins early-stage company TradeOff Financial Corp., which aims to build an online, multiplayer stock and crypto trading game and merit-based social network that gamifies trading education for users.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 6, 2024
According to Applied Digital, the investment validates its innovation in the accelerated compute space and will fuel its expansion of data center and GPU cloud solutions. Its current projects include its build-out of "one of the world’s largest data centers" and development of an additional 300MW of data center capacity, the company said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 6, 2024
Dallas-based seed-stage healthcare accelerator Health Wildcatters added nine startups to its growing portfolio, expanding its network of innovators from Texas, the U.S., and Europe. Earlier this year, the accelerator also gained national recognition for its Women in Science and Healthcare initiative, which received a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund Competition.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 5, 2024
Ingo Payments’ acquisition of Deposits Inc. is set to fast-track the launch of its Modern Money Stack, a modular financial services platform designed to help banks, fintechs, and brands manage money flows, compliance, and risk in an evolving financial landscape.
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